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Tengu Dai Shogi. Turbo version of Dai Shogi, with some Dai Dai Shogi pieces. Author: H. G. Muller.

Suspicious Spies. An army where some pieces cannot be captured until it has captured a piece. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
VaoQi. XiangQi with Vaos. (9x10, Cells: 90) By HaruN Y.
CC Top. Column Chess (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Spider-Chess. Beware of spiders. (25x19, Cells: 369) By Gerd P. Degens.
Avatar Riff Riders. degenschess66 (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.

Dice Landing Chess. Few pieces in play at the opening. Roll a dice to get other pieces joining the game. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jishan Zhang.

Chu Shogi. Historic Japanese favorite, featuring a multi-capturing Lion (12x12, Cells: 144) (Recognized!) Author: H. G. Muller.

Little Rider Reef. Overcome the reef. (11x11, Cells: 110) By Gerd P. Degens.
FOOD FIGHT. Game Courier preset for FOOD FIGHT!!! (12x12, Cells: 144) By Bob Greenwade.

Minishogi Gold and Silver / 5五将棋金銀. Super-aggressive version of Minishogi on a 5x5 board. (5x5, Cells: 25) By Вадря Покштя.
Mischia. A small 6x6 chess variant that plays like normal chess. (6x6, Cells: 36) By William Wragg.

Comrade Chess. Comrade instead of Queen. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Dai Dai Shogi. Historical large Shogi variant. (17x17, Cells: 289) Author: H. G. Muller.
Maka Dai Dai Shogi. Pieces promote on capture, some to multi-capturing monsters (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: H. G. Muller.
Secret Intelligence Chess. A game of secrecy, disinformation, and detection. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Fergus Duniho.

Chu Shogi Applet with Assorted Tsumeshogis. An applet for playing Chu Shogi, complete with an AI, a Position Lab, and a collection of Tsumeshogi problems. (12x12, Cells: 144) By A. M. DeWitt.

Tenjiku Shogi. Fire Demons burn surrounding enemies, Generals capture jumping many pieces. (16x16, Cells: 256) Author: H. G. Muller.

Morphomania. Morphing wherever you look. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Shahrady. Pokshtya (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Вадря Покштя. Inventor: Victor Anatolyevich Kupchenko.
Nutty Shogi. Pieces jump over many others, and a Fire Demon burns neighbors. (13x13, Cells: 169) By H. G. Muller.

Centurion Chess. Centurions replace the Kings. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Florin Lupusoru.
Spot the Intruder Mini-game. A mini-game by H. G. Muller. Spot the intruder as quickly as possible! (12x12, Cells: 144) Author: A. M. DeWitt and H. G. Muller. Inventor: H. G. Muller.
Hyper-Banzai Chess. Sub-variant of Banzai where you can push more than 1 piece per move. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Vincenzo Rapisardi.

Ultra Grand Cavalier Chess with Zebra-Queen. Expansion of Fergus Duniho's Grand Cavalier Chess. (14x14, Cells: 196) By Aurelian Florea.

Chess New. Missing description (10x10, Cells: 64) By Hector Quintana.
ZeCaRi. Game with ZebraCamelRiders. (15x15, Cells: 225) By Gerd P. Degens.
Monster Mash. Armies consist of classic monsters and scary creatures. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Bob Greenwade.

Smess. Produced and sold in the early 70's by Parker Brothers. Arrows on squares determine direction pieces can move. (7x8, Cells: 56) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho and David Howe. Inventor: Perry Grant and Reuben Klamer.
Grolman Chess. Game with sequential movement of pieces of the same color. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Вадря Покштя. Inventor: Lev Vladimirovich Grolman.
King Support Chess. Revised Chess intended to be clearer and less drawish. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Thomas .
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